Flowers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)

For flowers that belong to more common taxa, please consult individual sub-galleries:

• Monocots of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., grass, sedge, rush, lily, iris, onion, butcher-broom, orchid)
• Rosids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., rose, buckthorn, evening primrose, flax, geranium, gooseberry, mallow, mustard, pea, saxifrage, St. John's wort, stonecrop)
• Asterids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., borage, broomrape, buckwheat, cactus, carrot, dogbane, gentian, goosefoot, heath, honeysuckle, mint, nightshade, penstemon, phlox, pink, primrose, purslane, snapdragon, sunflower)

Examples across all taxa

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  Achillea millefolium
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  A. millefolium
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  Asclepias speciosa
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  Bistorta bistortoides
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  Brodiaea elegans
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  Calochortus luteus
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  Cassiope mertensiana
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  C. mertensiana
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  Castilleja miniata
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  Collomia grandiflora
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  Cypripedium montanum
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  Datura wrightii
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  Epilobium obcordatum
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  Eriogonum umbellatum
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  Gentiana newberryi
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  Glycyrrhiza lepidota
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  Hulsea algida
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  Lotus corniculatus
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  Lupinus latifolius
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  Phlox diffusa
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  Polemonium eximium
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  Sphaeralcea ambigua
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  Sphenosciadium capitellatum
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  Veratrum californicum
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  Verbascum thapsus
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  V. thapsus
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  Wyethia mollis

Poppy family (Papaveraceae)

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  Prickly poppy (Argemone munita) flower, closeup
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  Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant, backlit
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  Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant
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  Prickly poppy (A. munita) returns after fire

Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) monks-hood, delphinium, columbine, clematis, meadow rue

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  Monk's-hood (Aconitum columbianum), close
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  Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) flower closeup
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  Larspur (D. glaucum) against sky
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  Desert larkspur (Delphinium parishii) plant
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  Desert larkspur (D. parishii) closeup of flowers
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  Desert larkspur (D. parishii) buds and flowers
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  Desert larkspur (D. parishii) flowers and fruits
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  Coville's columbine (Aquilegia pubescens), symmetrical closeup of flower
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  White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) closeup, near Morgan Pass
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  White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) plant, near Morgan Pass
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  Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) white flowers, close
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  Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups L to R
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  Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups clockwise
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  Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Kaweah bowl
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  Western virgin's-bower (Clematis ligusticifolia)
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  Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) flower cluster at paired stems
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  Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) twined leaf stems
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  Fendler's meadow rue (Thalictrum fendleri), male flowers close
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  Meadow rue (T. fendleri) male plant
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  T. fendler female plant, with flowers/seed